meridional
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- adjective
- /məˈrɪdʒənl/
- Specialized
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meridional
- In contrast, more meridional jets allow more frequent flows of warm air in and cold air out from the poles, which then warm up while mid-latitudes cool down.
- meridional circulation
Examples
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The flow becoming meridional (north-south) rather than zonal (east-west) results in a very slow weather pattern.
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The last two characteristics are calculated from meridional and zonal components of the wind speed (in m/s).
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So the meridional plane is this one, the one that you see over here.
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Without the meridional circulation, lithium is not carried to greater depths to be destroyed.
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In fact, the South Pole station has been warming up since the jets began to become more meridional around 2000.
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Both El Niños and increased meridional circulation have been linked to increased storminess in Southern California.
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The cycle period is related to the global meridional circulation, which is directed poleward at the solar surface but toward the equator at the bottom of the convection zone.
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However, it can also be very dry during these periods of strong meridional circulation, depending on the strength, position, and shape of upper-level highs and lows (Pyke 1975).
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Thus, lithium abundance declines as the stellar temperature decreases, from about 7000 to 6700 K, because the convection zone gets larger, and meridional circulation helps to carry lithium to greater depths.
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The study focused on the meridional patterns of temperature variations from the equator to the poles.
Surface Forms
Morphology
meridional = meridion + al
Formed from the combining form 'meridion' + the adjective suffix '-al'; the relation to the English word 'meridian' (north–south) exists but the non-identical form makes the connection less obvious to many learners.
Etymology
Meridional comes from the Latin word meridies, which means 'midday'. The related word meridian is the north-to-south line tied to the sun at midday, so meridional describes something that lies or moves in a 'north to south' direction.